-1=1 In oracle-bone and bronze inscriptions, the fo rm of this character was very similar to the character ~ · which means 'tongue'. The only difference was a short horizontal stroke added to the top o f the character, indicating that the tongue was in use. This character also means 'speech' or 'to speak' .
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t o t alk (yan 2)
This character is the form of 'to talk' that is used as a component in certain simplified Chinese compounds.
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TO TALK BUILDING BLOCK